Three Times a Week Dialysis: Is There Evidence for This Dogma?
In an article recently published in AJKD, Kalantar-Zadeh and colleagues present a unique perspective on initiating hemodialysis by questioning the dogma of thrice-weekly [...]
June 2014
GFR Estimating Equations in Solid Organ Transplants: Where Do We Stand?
In a recent study published in AJKD, Shaffi et al evaluated the efficacy of different GFR estimating equations in a large cohort of solid organ transplant recipients. First [...]
Page the Renal fellow, please!
Much has been made about the decline of physicians entering a career in nephrology over the last decade. To be fair, this is a predicament with multiple factors at play. One [...]
2 AM. Pager beeps… Nephrology Consult please.
2 AM. Pager beeps… Nephrology Consult please. “My patient has a serum potassium of 6.4 mEq/L. Can you please assist with his management?” “What is he admitted [...]
Insight into Patients’ & Caregivers’ Perspectives on Conservative Management in End of Life Care
Patients with end-stage kidney disease often experience clinical and psychological set backs that negatively impact quality of life and survival. Growing data suggest a role [...]
Behind the Scenes: New AJKD.org Platform!
On the surface, it would be easy to miss the changes over at AJKD.org, but over the past few weeks, the folks at Elsevier have completely overhauled the underlying platform [...]
Test Your Knowledge: GFR Estimation
Understanding the principles of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) estimation is critical to clinical practice and research. A recent article by Levey et al in AJKD discusses [...]
Membranous Nephropathy with Crescents
While membranous nephropathy (MN) is one of the most common forms of nephrotic syndrome in adults, it is rarely associated with the pathologic finding of crescents on kidney [...]
The “Retinal” view of CKD
Ricardo et al recently published a prospective cohort study in AJKD using NHANES data from 1988-1994 on the association between mortality and retinopathy in CKD patients. We [...]